Multiple Choice
How can you convert a carboxylic acid into an ester?
A) Heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid.
B) Deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.
C) Deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide.
D) Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alkyl halide.
E) Both heat with an alcohol and catalytic acid and deprotonate with a base and react with an alcohol.
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